EVENT: 10th Annual Polish Youth Concert with youth art exhibition, part
of the Skalny Lecture and Artist Series

TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 6, at the Memorial Art Gallery auditorium, 500 University Ave.

ADMISSION: Free; parking is available on the museum lot.

March 26, 2003

Young people will celebrate Polish culture with musical performances and an
art exhibition on Sunday, April 6, at the Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University
Ave. The concert, which begins at 1:30 p.m. in the gallery auditorium, is sponsored
by the Polish Heritage Society of Rochester and the Skalny Center for Polish and
Central European Studies at the University of Rochester. It is free and open to
the public.

Sabina Slepecki, first violinist with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra,
is the artistic director of the concert, which is now in its tenth year. Young
people of Polish descent who live in the Rochester area will play a variety of
pieces by such composers as Wieniawski, Fauré, Rachmaninov, Weber, Corelli,
and MacDowell. They include works on piano, violin, cello, clarinet, guitar, alto
sax, and trumpet. For the first time, the newly established jazz ensemble, under
the direction of Slepecki, will perform.

Following the concert, eight young visual artists will exhibit their work at
an art show in the gallery's Bausch & Lomb Parlor. This is the second year
for the exhibit.

In another effort to promote the arts in the Polish community, the Polish Heritage
Society is offering two $500 awards to music students in the third through 11th
grades who have had at least two years of musical training. Winners of the competition
will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 8, in the Wilson Lounge of St. John Fisher
College, 3690 East Ave.

The youth concert and art exhibition are part of the Skalny Lecture and Artist
Series, a continuing program of performances and special offerings for the Rochester
community. For more information, contact the Skalny Center at (585) 275-9898.

About the University of Rochester
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College, School of Arts and Sciences, and Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are complemented by its Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, School of Nursing, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, and the Memorial Art Gallery.